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It is true now, and has always been true, that parts of the company are healthy places to work and parts are not. Despite the 'all bad' narrative you see around
by ajkjk 3y ago
It is true now, and has always been true, that parts of the company are healthy places to work and parts are not. Despite the 'all bad' narrative you see around here. Not to defend Amazon, I mean, they ought to just get it to all be good and of course they won't. But it's annoying having to argue about this all the time instead of everyone just understanding that it's a mixed bag and which org you end up in counts for everything.
- gdiamos 3y agoIt’s great to win, until you lose.
- scarface_74 3y agoAmazon will always eventually Amazon.
- arrakeenrevived 3y agoMaybe this is true for many parts of Amazon culture, but the big factor recently is that the RTO mandate is company-wide. With very few exceptions, it doesn't matter what org you're in, RTO affects you, and can have a drastic change on the entire company's culture.
- pas 3y ago> which org you end up in counts for everything maybe... then maybe it's time to name those orgs instead of just weaving their legendarium web...
- snotrockets 3y agoEvery big enough company, is, for those not on the c-suite, a collection of 1000s of different companies with a single HR department.
- reducesuffering 3y agoAnd it's also annoying to argue that "it's a mixed bag" is not an excuse for Amazon being in general or on average a huge step worse in terms of work life balance and pleasantness. You are much more likely to end up in a more excruciating role than the average software co.